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It's always hot in the summer in the U.S. Southeast, but even by the standards of Florida and the Carolinas, the steamy heat wave on tap for the region Saturday into the coming week is a little extreme.
The National Weather Service forecasts highs between 95 and 100 before temperatures level off. What one doctor recommends for staying safe outdoors
Orlando Sweats Under Intense Heat Wave, National Weather Service Issues Advisory for Central Florida
Orlando heat wave triggers Heat Advisory with temperatures reaching mid to upper 90's and heat index up to 110°F.
The National Weather Service office in Mobile, Alabama, issued a heat advisory in Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday. Heat index values are forecast to reach as high as 109℉ in portions of south central and southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi.
Most of Ohio is under a heat advisory with temperatures that will feel 100-plus. Here's the difference between a heat advisory, heat watch and heat warning.
Meteorologists warned that the oppressive heat wave is part of a larger system impacting much of the Southeast and Midwest.
At 10:45 a.m. on Friday, the National Weather Service issued a heat advisory valid between noon and 8 p.m. for Lackawanna and Luzerne counties.
The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory at 3:03 a.m. EDT on Wednesday valid for Thursday between 11 a.m. EDT and 8 p.m. EDT for Isabella, Montcalm, Gratiot, Ottawa, Kent, Ionia, Clinton, Allegan,